Adapted by Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg (from Stieg Larsson’s novel), and starring Michael Nyqvist and best actress winner Noomi Rapace, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, winner of the Audience Award at the 2010 Palm Springs Film Festival, has been compared to both The Silence of the Lambs and S7ven. The film follows a journalist trying to uncover a disappearance that took place in the mid-1960s – a serial killer still on the loose may have been involved in it.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has grossed more than US$100 million at the international box office. It opens in the US in March.

‘Avatar,’ ‘Nine’: Costume Designers Guild Nominations

The Costume Designers Guild has announced its list of nominees in three categories.

Omissions are even more interesting than many of the included films. Left out were Bright Star, Broken Embraces, It’s Complicated, Inglourious Basterds, Red Cliff, The White Ribbon, and A Single Man. The last film, a period drama set in 1960s Los Angeles, was directed by Tom Ford, who is himself a fashion designer.

Considering the inclusion of Crazy Heart and Precious, no one can accuse the CDG of being enamored of glitz and glamour. But The Hurt Locker is missing in action.

In the made-for-TV movie or miniseries category, the nominees are Michael Dennison for Georgia O’Keeffe, Catherine Marie Thomas for Grey Gardens and Barbara Kidd for Little Dorrit.

Additionally, the CDG will present several special awards at their Feb. 25 ceremony: The Young Victoria star Emily Blunt will receive the Swarovski Award, Sandy Powell the Lacoste Career Achievement in Film Award, Michael Travis the Career Achievement in Television Award, and Nine director Rob Marshall the Distinguished Collaborator Award. The guild’s Hall of Fame Award will be presented posthumously to Robert Turturice.

Grammys: ‘Twilight,’ ‘Slumdog Millionaire’

Jan. 31, ’10, update: The early-bird 2010 Grammy Awards ceremony is currently taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The televised portion of the ceremony will begin at 8pm this evening. Organizers have to do it in two installments: the Grammys hand out 21,389 awards. Those couldn’t all be part of the televised show, or it’d run well into the next century.

The movie winners are: best compilation soundtrack album “Slumdog Millionaire,” produced by Oscar winner A.R. Rahman; composer Michael Giacchino for “Up,” chosen the best score soundtrack album; and composers A.R. Rahman, Gulzar, and Tanvi Shah for the Oscar-winning song “Jai Ho” (from Slumdog Millionaire), voted the best song created for a motion picture, television show, or visual media.

All exaggerations aside, about 100 or so awards are being handed out during the Grammy’s afternoon ceremony, which began at 1 p.m. Pacific Time. Nine more winners, among them album, song, and record of the year, and best new artist – will be announced during the evening show, which CBS will telecast live on the East Coast at 8 p.m. ET.

The five Grammy nominees for Record of the Year are Beyoncé for “Halo,” The Black Eyed Peas for “I Gotta Feeling,” Kings of Leon for “Use Somebody,” Lady Gaga for “Poker Face,” and Taylor Swift for “You Belong With Me.”

Jan. 30

Cadillac Records, Inglourious Basterds, Slumdog Millionaire, True Blood, and Twilight are the five nominees for the Grammy 2010 for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.

Alexandre Desplat’s The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Nicholas Hooper’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Danny Elfman’s Milk, Michael Giacchino’s Star Trek, Michael Giacchino’s Up are in the running for Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.

Some of those songs and scores are from 2008 movie releases. Of these, only “Jai Ho” won an Oscar, while Alexandre Desplat’s The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button and Danny Elfman’s Milk score received Oscar nods. Michael Giacchino will likely be up for an Oscar when this year’s nominations are announced next Tuesday.

The five Grammy nominees for Record of the Year are Beyoncé for “Halo,” The Black Eyed Peas for “I Gotta Feeling,” Kings of Leon for “Use Somebody,” Lady Gaga for “Poker Face,” and Taylor Swift for “You Belong With Me.”

The Grammy 2010 winners will be announced Sunday evening. Full list of nominees here.

The 67-year-old Herzog has been making movies since 1962. Among his best-known efforts are The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1976), Woyzeck (1979), Nosferatu (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Grizzly Man (2005), and the recent The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009).

Renée Zellweger won a best supporting Oscar for Cold Mountain (2003), in which she co-starred with Nicole Kidman; Zellweger was nominated for two other Academy Awards: for Bridge Jones’ Diary (2001) and Chicago (2002).

Veteran Cornelia Froboess has more than 80 features and television movies to her credit. Among them is the light musical Mein Mann, das Wirtschaftswunder / My Husband, the Economic Miracle (1961), in which she plays the daughter of Nazi era icon Marika Rökk.

The Berlin festival runs from Feb. 11-21. The jury will announce the winners of the Golden Bear and other awards on Feb. 20.

Nominations information for all categories will be distributed simultaneously to news media in attendance and via the Internet on the official Academy Awards Web site, www.oscar.com.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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